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Unemployment rate climbs to 9.6 percent

Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because...

Unemployment rate climbs to 9.6 percent

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